Human Trafficking Awareness and Training at the City of Albuquerque
This page connects City of Albuquerque Employees to resources to develop awareness to Human Trafficking and the ability to recognize, identify and report Human Trafficking activities in the City of Albuquerque.
Human Trafficking is
a crime wherein someone severely exploits another person for the purposes of compelled labor or commercial sex using force, fraud, or coercion.
Human Traffickers operate in New Mexico
Human traffickers operate in every country, state, city, and town. It’s happening right now in Albuquerque, New Mexico, maybe even in your community. It’s difficult to know, because human trafficking often goes unrecognized, or it’s underreported because victims are afraid, or they don’t understand what is happening.
Human Traffickers can target anyone
Traffickers find vulnerable people and use them. Circumstances like poverty, an unstable living situation, lack of support, social and cultural inequalities, addiction or substance use, or previous trauma or victimization, are a few of the contributors that can put someone at risk.
Click the links below to access more information on Human Trafficking